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Make Me Watch It
by Brendan Agnew
Here to recklessly inflict enthusiasm upon the world, "Make Me Watch It" is about getting people to watch (but sometimes read or play) good stuff because good stuff is dope.
Episodes
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Episode 77: "Why is it The Hangover?" - Forgotten Island / Pan's Labyrinth 20th Anniversary
The Brendans are all abut that Big Portal Fantasy Energy as they look at the newest DreamWorks animated feature Forgotten Island as well as the now 20-years-old Pan's Labyrinth. Before going full spoilers on the many merits of both, the lads chat Avengers: Endgame - Encore, the Mike Flannagan…
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Episode 76: "They Bottled Evil" - Summer Highlights / Resident Evil (2026)
The Brendans welcome Spooky Season back with open arms by recounting highlights of the summer cinema before taking a spoiler-filled trip through the ruins of Racoon City in Zach Cregger's Resident Evil. We also discuss Greta Gerwig's Big Narnia News, Season 4 of Reacher, Steven Soderbergh's The...
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Episode 75: "How to Wait Around Dramatically" Season 3 Finale - The World's End Commentary Extravaganza
The Brendans celebrate Episode 75 with the last of the Annual Cornetto Trilogy Commentary tracks. Before chatting through Edgar Wright's The World's End (13 years old this year), the lads talk in-depth on Coyote vs. Acme, mark the legacy of some recently-passed legends and the enduring power of 9...
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Episode 74: "Live-Action Charlie Brown" - Hot Take Roundup / Your Name 10th Anniversary / Coyote vs. Acme
The Brendans welcome back Devindra Hardawar of the FilmCast to close out a hot summer with some hotter movie takes. Are Blade Runner and Interstellar really that good? Is Troy actually bad? We hash it out along with thoughts on Tony and The End of Oak Street as well as a celebration of Makoto...
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Episode 73: "Some Power, No Responsibility" - Hadestown / Spider-Man: Brand New Day
The Brendans celebrate the continuation of Greek Mythology Summer as we gush over the pro-shot of Hadestown: The Musical and then swing into Marvel's latest mega-event with a spoiler-filled breakdown of Tom Holland's 4th wall-crawling adventure. We also discuss the anarchic beauty of Nirvanna the...
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Episode 72: "The Chris Nolan Special" - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad / The Odyssey
The Brendans are all about epic sea voyages and kick-ass monsters this week as they go on The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and then dive deep into an all-spoilers discussion on the movie of the summer, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. They also talk how Nolan has evolved from his earlier work, how Ray...
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Episode 71: "Pray to the Sun" - Netflix's Avatar Season 2 / Netflix's One Piece Season 2
The Brendans are joined by long-time internet buddy Tomas Lenander to talk live-action anime adaptations to our weebish hearts' content. We talk the ways in which Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 fails where the streamer's One Piece adaptation has only gotten stronger in its 2nd...
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Episode 70: "We're Right, Everyone Else is Wrong" - Disclosure Day Spoilers / The Raid 15 Years Later
The Brendans do a whole lot of catch up and super stuff this episode, with multiple incarnations of Krptonians to contend with - we talk My Adventures With Superman Season 3 and 2026's Supergirl - and some Steven Spielberg to hash out with a spoiler chat about Disclosure Day. Then for the main...
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Episode 69: "Getting Punched in the Heart" - Disclosure Day / The Furious
The Brendans once again speak the shared language of justice as we celebrate a truly special weekend at the movies. Agnew gives some spoiler-free thoughts on Steven Spielberg's original sci-fi adventure Disclosure Day, and then the lads wade into the therapeutic waters of instant martial arts...
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Episode 68: "Sickos Triumphant" - Popstar 10th Anniversary / The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Brendans celebrate Connor4real's debut (and only) motion picture Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and then travel to a galaxy far, far away for the adventures of a bounty hunter and a baby Yoda with Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Along the way, we chat the success of Obsession and...
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Episode 67: "Let's Get Sacrilegious" - Hokum / Mortal Kombat II / The Sheep Detectives
The Brendans are back - like in some sort of sequel to a previous installment - with a triple threat main show to make up for lost time. To celebrate the return of Summer Blockbuster Season, the lads dive spoiler-deep into Hokum, Mortal Kombat II, and The Sheep Detectives (one of the best movies…
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Episode 66: "Mummies Dearest" - 1932's The Mummy/ 2026's Lee Cronin's The Mummy
The Brendans are delighted to once again welcome Trey Lawson to the podcast to talk mummies, mummies, and more mummies! We chat Karl Freund's 1932 original, the 1999 Stephen Sommers bisexually-awakening remake, the most recent effort from Evil Dead: Rise director Lee Cronin, and a few other...
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Episode 65: "Cat Balls and Buttholes" - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie / Castle in the Sky 40th Anniversary
The Brendans celebrate Animation Domination with a brief all-spoiler chat about the money-printing Super Mario Galaxy Movie before celebrating 40 years of Studio Ghibli by diving deep into the studio's first film: Castle in the Sky. There's also chat about showing spooky 9-year-olds One Cut of…
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Episode 64: "Jim Henson Was Right." - Shin Ultraman / Project Hail Mary
The Brendans are amaze amaze amazed by a returning special guest and a brace of hope-punk sci-fi adventures this week as A.J. Wilden climbs aboard to talk Shinji Higuchi's Shin Ultraman and Phil Lord & Chris Miller's Project Hail Mary. There's also trailer talk about recent teasers for the likes…
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Episode 63: "The Face of a Batman Villain" - The Bride! / The Public Enemy
The Brendans are once again joined by the inimitable Lindsay Wilkins of the Schock and Awe Podcast to talk monsters, gangsters, true love, and other miracles. After chatting Oscar hopes, folk horror, and Once Piece, we dive into a spoiler-filled discussion on Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!...
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Episode 62: "Uh Oh, SpaghettiOs - Time Travel!" - Scarlet / The Girl Who Leapt Through Time at 20 Years
The lads are joined by special guest Devindra Hardawar of Endgadget and The Filmcast to talk All The Weeb Stuff. Agnew and Devindra have a spoiler-free discussion of the merits and shortcomings of Mamoru Hosada's new film Scarlet, and then we all celebrate the 20th anniversary of his breakout...
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Episode 61: "Very Dumb Souls" - Send Help / Ishtar
The Brendan are catching castaways and travelling to faraway lands for this show, as we dive into a full-spoiler discussion of Sam Raimi's new thriller Send Help and how it plays to his strengths and those of his two very game leads. We also go on a Rogers and Clark redemption tour for Elaine…
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Episode 60: "Look, Oppenheimer's Here!" - Oscar Nominations / 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
The Brendans celebrate the potential gold for a buncha good movies from 2025 before diving into a full-spoiler (ahem) dissection of Nia DaCosta's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. Is it as awesome as Danny Boyle's 28 Years Later? Will we get another 28... movie with this one sinking at the box...
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Episode 59: "Air Bud will return in AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY" - Fantastic Films of 2025
The Brendans count down their heaviest hitters of the 2025 cinematic experience, from disappointments to surprises to choices that call into question if they aren't just variants of the same guy from different timelines. There's also a spoiler-free report on the new horror film Primate…
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Episode 58: "Avatar is for the children." James Cameron / Avatar: Fire and Ash
The lads welcome John Nicholson back to the show to celebrate the return of Big Jim Cameron to theaters with the hotly-anticipated Avatar: Fire and Ash. We talk first Cameron experiences and the cultural landscape at the time of the original Avatar's release, how Way of Water and Fire and Ash…
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Minisode: "Holiday Favorites from Brendan and Brendan"
The lads celebrate the season by connecting with each other and all of you through time and space to suggest good stuff you should watch, because good stuff is dope. We try for a few lesser-known entries into the holiday canon, films that mean something to us personally, so if you need something…
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Episode 57: "Wake up, Scooby-Doo." - Goldeneye at 30 / Wake Up Dead Man
The Brendans are shaken and stirred by the linear passage of time and ostensible miracles of resurrection this week as the lads talk Pierce Brosnan's inaugural adventure as 007 in 1995's Goldeneye, reminisce about Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, and go six feet under the spoiler-filled...
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Episode 56: "Dorothy, they're lesbians." - Benoit Blanc / Wicked For Good
The Brendans are solving mysteries and defying gravities, but not alone! Two very special guests - returning ringer Austin Wilden and longtime friend the show John Nicholson - are on deck to examine why movies like Knives Out, Glass Onion, and Wake Up Dead Man are so consistently electrifying.…
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Episode 55: "Android Backpack" - Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein / Predator: Badlands
The Brendans are thrilled to be joined in the hunt by Producer Max of the Action for Everyone Podcast (as well as numerous prestigious outlets like Fangoria) to talk monster madness. The lads chew over whether or not Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein was worth the wait and then go on the prowl…
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Episode 54: "The Devil's Lettuce" - Big Swing Horror Sequels / Black Phone 2
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions of suicide, primarily in relation to horror/fantasy fiction. Be advised. The Brendans are pleased to welcome Chris Finik, longtime online chap and fellow student of the "School of Movies" podcast, to chat some tasty tasty horror. We talk scary...
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Episode 53: "Well-Coiffed Babadook" - Cronos / Crimson Peak
The Brendans are hip-deep in Halloween shenanigans as we dive into a double-helping of Guillermo del Toro in prep for Frankenstein. Agnew watches Cronos for the first time (spoilers: it's good), and we chew over Crimson Peak for its 10th Anniversary - as well as chatting George Romero's Monkey...
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Episode 52: "One King Arthur After Another" - Knightriders / The Natural
The Brendans convene to join Paul Thomas Anderson in saying "fuck you" to Donald Trump and ICE as we talk One Battle After Another and how it both is and is not the movie the trailers have been selling. We also pay our respects to recently departed film icon Robert Redford by looking how both...
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Episode 51: "The Kids Are Alright" - Red Sonja / Jaws
The lads are once again graced by the presence of EIC of Cinapse Ed Travis to talk end of summer highlights, beloved classics, and new hotness. Ed and Foley sing the praises of both Akira Kurosawa's High and Low and how Spike Lee makes it his own in this year's Highest 2 Lowest, and Ed talks…
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Minisode: "The Summer Movie Report With Marian"
Agnew is joined by his daughter, Marian, to guess each other's Top Picks for movies they saw in the theater this summer, from new releases to repertory favorites. Did we both like Superman? How high does Kpop Demon Hunters rank on our lists? We also make a couple predictions about what are sure…
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Season 2 Finale - The Hot Fuzz Birthday-Adjacent Commentary
The Brendans mark the anniversary of Foley's birth and the finale of yet another season of "Make Me Watch It" with a feature-length commentary on the next film of the Cornetto Trilogy - 2007's Hot Fuzz. They also do a lightning round of stuff they've watched, from this year's The Naked Gun reboot...
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Episode 49: "Somehow, Payakan Returned" - Happy Gilmore 2 / The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Brendans say "Excelsior!" as we blast off to wax poetic about how much we still love James Gunn's Superman (we don't have a problem, you have a problem) and the impressive merits of Marvel's First Family in their first MCU outing. We also talk previous Fantastic Four incarnations (they're…
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Episode 46: "Always Has Been" - BatmAnniversaries / James Gunn's Superman
The Brendans don their Hypno-glasses to talk caped crusaders and last sons of Krypton with a fabulous special guest. Zaki Hasan of IGN, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the MovieFilm Podcast joins us to talk Batman Forever at 30, Batman Begins at 20, and a deep dive into James Gunn's Superman. We...
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Episode 45: "Fragile Oyster People" - KPop Demon Hunters / F1
The Brendans gather to jaw over a lot of catchup on the big and small screen, from One of Them Days, Elio & 28 Years Later to introducing Wes Anderson and George A. Romero classics to the young and old. We also talk Netflix's new streaming hit KPop Demon Hunters and the new sports drama from the...
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Episode 44: "Wes Anderson's DuckTales" - How to Train Your Dragon 2025 / Baahubali 10th Anniversary
The Brendans are in Live-Action Remake Town as Agnew talks taking the kiddo the the new How to Train Your Dragon and both Foley and Agnew celebrate the 10th anniversary of S.S. Rajamouli's epic Baahubali (which isn't actually a remake of The Lion King, but kinda is). We also talk the new Wes...
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Episode 43: "Candelabra Face" - Lilo & Stitch / Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 2, The Final Reckoning
The Brendans choose to accept the mission of chatting everything from the original Star Wars Trilogy to 1980's Ninjasploitation cinema, the live-action Lilo & Stitch remake, and the big finale (?) of the Mission: Impossible series. There's also talk of some new spooky trailers, debates on the...
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Episode 42: "Polar Bear in Spandex" - Thunderbolts & Last Bullet / Final Destination: Bloodlines
The Brendans bring special guest Austin Wilden back to talk old blood and new superheroes with a big ol' meal on Marvel's Thunderbolts*, the Lost Bullet films (especially the trilogy-concluding Last Bullet) and why they're delightful. We also take a detour into Horror Town with a discussion on...
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Episode 41: "Sinning and Winning" - Ganja & Hess / Sinners
The Brendans are joined by yet another legendary guest for a very special show on one of the best releaes of the year. Producer Max of the "Action For Everyone" podcast joins us to talk about Ryan Coogler's new pop art masterpiece Sinners along with its place in the history of black vampire…
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Episode 40: "For the Love of the Bit" - Top Secret / Spartan
The Brendans commemorate the late, great Val Kilmer with - among a broader retrospective - a look at his first starring role in 1984's Zucker/Abrams/Zucker comedy Top Secret and 2004's (yes, Agnew - it's 2004) Spartan. We also talk Predator stuff, dinosaur stuff, Marvel trailers, video game...
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Episode 39: "Get Your Ass to Mars and Fight the Devil" - Catchup & Vidya Games
Well, A Minecraft Movie is just around the corner, so the Brendans chew over the past 20-plus years of video game movie adaptations - what works, what doesn't, why some films like As Above, So Below and Prey seems to crack the "feel" in spite of being otherwise unrelated, and if TV is the smarter...
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Episode 38: "Dennis Vanilla Ice" Presents The Best of the 2020's So Far
The Brendans are joined for a giant-size episode by the inimitable Lindsay Wilkins of the Schlock and Awe podcast to sift through our favorite movies of the (now half-over) decade. We also chat why 2024's The Count of Monte Cristo is both a great Mission: Impossibe and Batman movie, the merits of...
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Episode 37: "Murdered By Pirates is Good." - Captain Blood / The Pirates / The Princess Bride
For March Madness, the Brendans team up with our crew at Cinapse to celebrate possibly our favorite sub-genre - the romantic swashbuckling adventure! Here we have a three-course feast of options, from 1935's Captain Blood, 2014's The Pirates, and - one of the best to ever do it - 1987's The...
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Episode 36: "President Harrison Ford" - Air Force One
The Brendans mark the release of Captain America: Brave New World by filling in a presidential blind spot in the hallowed "Die Hard on a ____" subgenre, Wolfgang Peterson's Air Force One. Agnew also gives spoiler-free impressions on the newest MCU entry, Foley sings the praises of last year's The...
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Episode 35: "Where's the gotdamn horizon?!" Oscar Talk / Blue Velvet
The Brendans reflect on the 2025 Oscar Nominations, talk The Brutalist and Dog Man, and then take a deep dive into the twisted suburbs of David Lynch's 1986 noir classic Blue Velvet. We also make time for hidden gems like the Eye for an Eye films and Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld. Our Opening...
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Episode 34: "I'm Kind of a Basic Bitch" - 2025's Most Wanted Movies
The Brendans are joined by their comrade in the world of Cinapse, fearless leader and EIC Ed Travis, to talk our most anticipated films of 2025. We rundown our biggies, our honorable mentions, and the movies we just have our fingers crossed for. Ed also talks effusively about his love for The...
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Episode 33: "The Birthday Outlaw Commentary" - Nosferatu / The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Brendans ring in the new year with a special anniversary commentary - only, the anniversary doesn't belong to a film, but to one of us! Since Agnew is turning 40, we celebrate with a real-time discussion of 1938's The Adventures of Robin Hood. The lads also do a short spoiler piece on the big...
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Episode 32: "Krampus Slap" - Fantastic Films of 2024
The Brendans gather around the holiday hearth to reflect on the Year of Cinema 2024, looking at favorites, surprises, disappointments, and everything in between. We also get some chat about Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim as well as that handsome new Superman...
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Episode 31: "Gal Pals" - Moana 2 / Wicked Part I
The Brendans are once again joined by musical theater guru Austin Wilden to chat the big musical blockbusters ruling the box office. We chew on the middling Moana 2 and contemplate how it exemplifies Disney's relenquishing of the animation domination crown even as they rake in record profits, and...
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Episode 30: "GLADIATOR$" - Gladiator / Gladiator II
The Brendans travel back in time to ancient Rome to talk 2000's GLADIATOR and 2024's GLADIIATOR (not our fault, but we'll happily misuse this) and what does and doesn't come together in this massive lagacyquel. We also chat Season 2 of Netflix's Arcane, introducing a new generation to Back to the...
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Episode 29: "Respectfully, Awooga" - The Blob (1988) & The Relic / Prince of Darkness
The Brendans convene for a good old-fashioned bloodlust episode - because if 2024 is done with horror, neither are we. The lads talk Chuck Russell's dynamite remake of The Blob and 1997's creature feature The Relic, as well as singing the praises of perhaps John Carpenter's most terrifying film....
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Episode 28: "Rock Opera Halloween" - Phantom of the Paradise / Rock 'N' Roll High School
It's a Halloween musical extravaganza as the Brendans welcome Trey Lawson of the "Tomb of Ideas" podcast to talk Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise as well as Allan Arkush and Joe Dante's Rock 'N' Roll High School. We also have spoiler free thoughts on The Shadow Strays and The Wild Robot…
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Here to recklessly inflict enthusiasm upon the world, "Make Me Watch It" is about getting people to watch (but sometimes read or play) good stuff because good stuff is dope.
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